Through a Communities Empowering Youth (CEY) grant from 2006-2009, the Chiesman Center and its partners, The Club for Boys, Rural America Initiatives, andYouth & Family Services,engaged in partnership building and collaborative training.Partners also received technical assistance in areas such as grant writing, evaluationplans, logic models, and organizational climate surveys.

Services geared toward providing behavioral guidance and the promotion of health, education, spiritual, vocational, social, and character development is the mission of The Club for Boys (TCFB). Boys participate in physical education, arts and crafts, outdoor trips, social recreational services, and education-related help. Through programming and dedicated staff, boys receive affection, belongingness, recognition, independence, security, and discipline.
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Rural America Initiatives (RAI) provides direct services targeted to low-income Native American families. The Ateyapi Abstinence Program helps build personal and cultural identity and promotes appropriate family roles and relationships. Since 1994, the Ateyapi Mentoring Program has been used in the Rapid City Area Schools promoting positive guiding relationships. Ateyapi also provides after-school and summer programs.
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Sponsor of programs from birth through age 18, Youth & Family Services (YFS) targets families with low income. Prenatal services, nutrition services, counseling, child care, and Head Start are some of the ways YFS promotes capable, caring, and contributing members of the community. Girls Inc. and the Boy’s Health Program provide youth with educational, health, recreational, and social opportunities in a safe environment.
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